96 lines
3.1 KiB
YAML
96 lines
3.1 KiB
YAML
abstract: 'Objectives: This report describes an initiative developed and
|
|
|
|
implemented by a low-income, urban, Canadian community to respond to
|
|
|
|
their children''s dental problems. Methods: The first strategy pursued by
|
|
|
|
the community was the development of the Community Dental Facilitator
|
|
|
|
Project. This project facilitated children''s access to existing
|
|
|
|
government funding for dental treatment, and subsequently facilitated
|
|
|
|
access to treatment at local dental offices. Children in need of
|
|
|
|
treatment were identified by a school dental screening. The facilitation
|
|
|
|
work was done by three lay workers hired from within the community who
|
|
|
|
represented the community''s predominant ethnic groups. Results: Parents
|
|
|
|
revealed that barriers to dental care in local dental offices were lack
|
|
|
|
of information about funding programs, language, inflexible work
|
|
|
|
situation, and mistrust of bureaucracy. By the project''s end, with the
|
|
|
|
assistance of the facilitators, a significantly increased number of
|
|
|
|
children had been enrolled for government dental benefits (<.001). In
|
|
|
|
addition to the 123 children identified at the screening as needing
|
|
|
|
treatment, another 30 children ``self-referred{''''} to the program. At
|
|
|
|
the end of the project''s original funding period, dental appointments
|
|
|
|
had been made for 68 children: 60 (48.8\%) of the ``screened{''''} group,
|
|
|
|
8 (26.7\%) of the ``self-referred{''''} group. One-year telephone
|
|
|
|
follow-up to parents of the screened children revealed that 42 of 59
|
|
|
|
(71.1\%) had completed treatment. Conclusions: Barriers to dental care
|
|
|
|
for low income children go beyond `economics. A community facilitation
|
|
|
|
model can improve low-income children''s access to existing dental
|
|
|
|
services and may reduce the barriers to care for some children requiring
|
|
|
|
treatment.'
|
|
affiliation: 'Harrison, RL (Corresponding Author), Univ British Columbia, Div Pediat
|
|
Dent, Fac Dent, 2199 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
|
|
|
|
Univ British Columbia, Div Pediat Dent, Fac Dent, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
|
|
|
|
Strathcona Hlth Soc, Vancouver, BC, Canada.'
|
|
author: Harrison, RL and Li, J and Pearce, K and Wyman, T
|
|
author_list:
|
|
- family: Harrison
|
|
given: RL
|
|
- family: Li
|
|
given: J
|
|
- family: Pearce
|
|
given: K
|
|
- family: Wyman
|
|
given: T
|
|
da: '2023-09-28'
|
|
files: []
|
|
issn: 0022-4006
|
|
journal: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
|
|
keywords: 'health services accessibility; dental health services; dental care for
|
|
|
|
children; medically underserved area; consumer participation; ethnology'
|
|
language: English
|
|
month: SPR
|
|
note: 6th National Health Promotion Conference, VICTORIA, CANADA, APR, 2002
|
|
number: '2'
|
|
number-of-cited-references: '1'
|
|
orcid-numbers: Harrison, Rosamund/0000-0003-1467-6231
|
|
pages: 126-128
|
|
papis_id: 54705955747dba966e5fcff9fe39cf21
|
|
ref: Harrison2003communitydental
|
|
times-cited: '13'
|
|
title: 'The Community Dental Facilitator Project: Reducing barriers to dental care'
|
|
type: Article; Proceedings Paper
|
|
unique-id: WOS:000183372200010
|
|
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
|
|
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
|
|
volume: '63'
|
|
web-of-science-categories: 'Dentistry, Oral Surgery \& Medicine; Public, Environmental
|
|
\&
|
|
|
|
Occupational Health'
|
|
year: '2003'
|